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Philip Lorenz studied Political Science, Psychology and Law at the Heidelberg University and the Yale Graudate School of Arts and Sciences. Heidelberg University's Faculty of Economics and Social Sciences accepted his dissertation in February 2015. Since 2008 he is Lecturer and Researcher at the Institute for Political Science.

In his research he worked on processes of democratization and democratic consolidation with a focus on the role of civil-military relations. He is also interested in political violence and popular mobilization in authoritarian regimes and young democracies. His regional specialty is Southeast Asia. In his dissertation he analyzed the impact of civil-society organizations on the institutionalization of civilian control over the miltiary in young democracies. He has taught introductory courses to Political Science, advanced courses on different aspects of democratization in Southeast Asia as well as historical and current process of state-building worldwide.

Publications

Monographs

Aurel Croissant and Philip Lorenz (2018): Comparative Politics of Southeast Asia. An Introduction into Government and Politics. Heidelberg: Springer VS.

Aurel Croissant, David Kuehn and Philip Lorenz. 2012. Breaking With the Past? Civil-Military Relations in the Emerging Democracies of East Asia. East-West Center, Policy Series 63. Honolulu, http://www.EastWestCenter.org/pubs/33460.

Croissant, Aurel and Philip Völkel (2010): Party system types and party system institutionalization. Comparing new democracies in East and Southeast Asia. In: Party Politics. Online first at: 10.1177/1354068810380096.